Today, 24 August 2024, Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, was arrested at Paris Le Bourget airport. The arrest took place as Durov was getting off his private jet, following a search warrant. The operation was conducted by the French secret services, according to unofficial sources, but this information remains to be confirmed.
I find it totally insane just how many people, including criminals, drug dealers, and the people from our favorite glowie honey pot forum, are still using Telegram. Telegram provides no fundamental security or privacy, unlike many other tools out there like XMPP via OTR.
The only reason so many of them use it is because they turn a blind eye to whatever happens on the platform. Similar to how kik was used by chomos to share cp. Technically against the ToS, but nobody gave a fuck to moderate anything. Both are similar enough to other social media apps and instant messengers, so any retard with a phone can install and use it, which itself is retarded.
France is fucked and the feds are going to be all over this one and who knows how much data they are going to extract. No idea if deleting your messages and account will do any good, but I sure as hell would do it.
Also look at some other tools, like Session, XMPP over OTR or SimpleX. Really, there are too many messengers out there that fulfill the same purpose. Use Tor, learn how to spin up VMs, and practice some decent opsec.
If you still want to use Telegram, at the very least use an SMS verification service or get an anonymous sim and pay in monero. Don't hand out your real fucking phone number like a retard and don't tie your identity to it, if you are sailing the high seas.
You can find SMS verification services on monerica.com and on KYCnot.me (Tor Link).
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